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This is an alphabetical list of notable technology terms. It includes terms with notable applications in computing, networking, and other technological fields.
Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. [1] The word technology can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, [2] [3] including both tangible tools such as utensils or machines, and intangible ones such as software.
The Principle of Nonvacuous Contrast proposes that for any statement, concept, or proposition to hold meaning, there must exist a demonstrable contrast between the subject and other potential subjects or concepts. In other words, in order to define and understand something, it is necessary to differentiate it from other things that it is not.
When attacking pinnipeds, the shark surfaces quickly and attacks violently. In contrast, attacks on humans are slower and less violent: the shark charges at a normal pace, bites, and swims off. Great white sharks have efficient eyesight and color vision; the bite is not predatory, but rather for identification of an unfamiliar object. [75]
An information technology system (IT system) is generally an information system, a communications system, or, more specifically speaking, a computer system — including all hardware, software, and peripheral equipment — operated by a limited group of IT users, and an IT project usually refers to the commissioning and implementation of an IT ...
Social construction of technology (SCOT) is a theory within the field of science and technology studies. Advocates of SCOT—that is, social constructivists—argue that technology does not determine human action, but that rather, human action shapes technology. They also argue that the ways a technology is used cannot be understood without ...
By this, we mean not only is there flexibility in how people think of or interpret artifacts but also there is flexibility in how artifacts are designed." And so the technological artifacts [1] may determine and shape what that specific technology tool will symbolize and represent in society or in a culture. This is in relation to the Social ...
In one line of thought, technology develops autonomously, in other words, technology seems to feed on itself, moving forward with a force irresistible by humans. To these individuals, technology is "inherently dynamic and self-augmenting." [28] Jacques Ellul is one proponent of the irresistibleness of technology to humans. He espouses the idea ...